Alaska is Just 15 Minutes from Anchorage

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Is that the North Slope discovery well?

I can't quite read the plate.








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It is.

 

[Magicscreen2]

http://www.anchoragepress.com/news/relics-war

Very interesting, Harold. Thanks!

It surprises me that it's 78 feet long, and that someone could stand in there. The sub looks smaller than that.

Thanks again.

 

[Que]

"This Town Two Parties and a Funeral" by Mark Leibovich.

A little too gossipy for my taste. Like US magazine for politics. That is kind of the point though that DC is a culture of celebrity and relationships. It's a pretty good who is who guide.

 

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Near my cabin.

 

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Just up the hill, today.

 

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Down the hill, last evening.

 

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And the bad news is it probably wasn't even a long exposure.

 

[RossieOregon]

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A sight for sore eyes.

 

[thør]

Alaskan Bush People.....

Liars fess up

 

[thør]

A sight for sore eyes.

He's prolly a transplant. I see he's wearing shoes..

 

[RossieOregon]

He's prolly a transplant. I see he's wearing shoes..

Not that important!

 

[thør]

Gusts to 80 mph. Batten down the hatches!

 

[thør]

That time of the year.

Overland travel on the snow and river ice isn't that safe, yet.

 

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9" (of ice) and (frost) flowers.

 

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[trysail]

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"Heavy freezing spray."


I'm sitting here trying to think of worse conditions—

...and I'm drawing a blank.​

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[thør]

"Heavy freezing spray."


I'm sitting here trying to think of worse conditions—

...and I'm drawing a blank.​

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Just wait.....

 

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Sunrise in Barrow, yesterday. There won't be one, today. There won't be another until next year.

 

[trysail]

Just wait.....

Yup.


Section ii, sub-paragraph (a), paragraph 3 of Law #29 of Murphy's Laws:

"Some form of Murphy's Laws will operate. You won't know how or why in advance."
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Kivalina in summer on a "nice" day.

 

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Arctic Valley Ski area.